Who should play Christian Grey in the movie Fifty Shades of Grey?

     Normally I blog about important stuff, you know, preservatives in kids' food, how to prevent injury in the young athlete, how long you should wait until you get your next Botox fix and why drinking vodka will help your tennis game.  But it has come to my attention, that women -especially moms with children still at home- need some down time. Or maybe some "tie-me-down time" judging from the popularity of the Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy by E.L. James.  This is a very -ahem- action-oriented novel, and visualizing the main characters in a book always enhances the experience for me.  I can't tell you how many protagonists in novels have been brought to life in my little brain, running about the globe and tearing up the courtrooms using the likes of George Clooney, Tom Hanks, or Harrison Ford.  All antagonists resemble my cranky bastard neighbor.  Alas, however many Oscars, roles, and accolades that Hanks has garnered, neither he, nor any other man alive, could ACT their way into the image of Christian Grey.

  It needs to be someone born this way.

And even if I had a neighbor THAT hot, I fear that block parties and homeowners' association meetings might be forever awkward.   (I can just picture it now-Why is she staring at that new tennis instructor that just moved in? OMG, Becky look at her, she keeps biting her lip!)  To that effect, I wipe all images of people I might see on a daily basis and passionately recommend Matt Bomer, who plays Neal Caffrey, a very well dressed "very special agent" for the FBI in USA Networks "White Collar" now in its third season.  Matt could easily bat his blue/grey eyes on the big screen and bring the smolder. And wait until you see those pearly whites.  And the abs... get a tissue honey-oh, your not gonna cry, but you might drool a little.

 

 Etta James, "I Just Wanna Make Love to You"

 

Fifty Shades of Grey bonus at 1:53 -- check out Matt with an actress wearing Ana's favorite plum dress!